Portable metallic tool-chest.



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APPLICATION FILED JULY 13, 1909.

Patented Feb. 15, 1910.

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BROQKS A. RUSSELL. OF LOS ANGELES, CALIFGRJQII- PORTABLE il'IE'IALLIOTOOL-CHEST.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application fileil July 13, 1909. Serial No. 507,413.

To all 'llilH/IL it may concern:

lie it lanown that l, llnoons A. Russian), a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Los .liggeles. Cal fornia. have invented a new anduseful Portable Metallic Tool- (hes-t. oi which the following is aspecification.

My object is to make a portable tool chest for carpenters, and the like,which shall he light. durable. convenient and inexpensive. in the(llll\\ lll; 'hI -Idl lll'i 1 is a perspeo lire of a portnhle metallictool chest, emlaodyin the principles of my invention. Fig. llongitudinal section on the line 2- ot t n ,4 and 5, and looking by thearrow. Fig. I is :1 view analogous to Fig. 2 and taken lo the left. asindicated on the line Z1--l ot" Figs. 1, 4- and 5, and looking! to theright. as indie arrow. Fig. lis a eross-seetion as indicated. h the linelt in Figs. 1, 2 and 3. l is octlon as indicated by the line ;i---.TFig. (i is n l, and 3. l'rnglnenlal detail on an enlarged scale on theline l'i tl in l ig'. l.

lloierring to the drawing in detail, the nniin liody oi the tool chestcomprises the l flil llll l. the llzUfli'Q. the front 3. the ends 4 and3 and the rigid lop'tl. of sheet metal, all secured rigidly together.The front 3 is snlislnntially Ulltdllllf as high as the hack 2. and therigid top o is substantially oneqnarler as wide as the bottom 1., the'i'ront lln'ce-qmiriers T of the ends l and 5, being llie height of thefront 3 and the remaining one-fourth S of the ends, being as high as thehack 2. thus forming an opening. [1 head 5) s ressed outwardly along theedge of the. 5nd top (3. along the front edges of the. cod portions 8,and along; the top edges of the end portions 7, and the sheet metalexlonl'ls beyond the heads. a wire is inserted into the head from theinside. and the sheet meta. is turned inwardly and backwardly beyond thewire thus forming the flanges. ll, 1), l3, and projecting 'lorwardl xand npwardlv from the head and wire.

The cover in comprises the front 17. the lop l8, and the ends 1:) and20, all of sheet metal secured rigidly together, and headed, and a wire2! is inserted in the head along the rear edge of the top t8, along therear edges ol the (lids l0 and 90, and along the lower edges of theends 1. and 20, this wire odor lioino' :nlnniod to slide 0Y0! theflanges l1, 12, 13, 14 and 15 and tl ted by the The upper edge of theand rolled and the lower edge oi: th- 17 is notched to {it in thenotches front 3 and rolled and a wire is so as to hinge the cover inplace. A i

of sheet metal is secured against the inner face of the front 3 andextends npwo' beyond the wire to form the flange A. hasp 24 is securedto the rigid-toot an o. slaple'25 is secured to the top 18 to enguged bythe hose A of loops 26 secured in transversealineinenl; one 1 of thetool chest. and there is a second set of loops 2? at the other end, anda "third set 28 at the center, and straps 29, 30 and 81 are insertedinto the loops and around the tool chest to hold the cover clog themiddle strap 31 being loose to serve it handle for carrying the tool c-A eh or cord 32 limits the outward swing; of (over 16.

is. shelf 33 is secured to th inner fa e of the upper part of the hackhe a f 34 extends u wardly from the for of the shel to form receotacn.small tools 35. The Shelf and shorter than the tool chest and strip Ill)is inserted and extends e... lo the rigid top. so as to form a for theupper end of the earpentefs square 3?. llloeks 38 and 39 extend in theends of the shelf to suppt penters level 40. A stop a l tel warclly fromthe block 38 in "Mont oi the level and a button 42 holds the other ofthe level removabl in place. The sawtray 43 comprises the three slottedlip-rights 4t, 45 and 4.6 secured together-by the roller 47 and theslats -18 and 4.9. Straps Wood 51 encircle the roller at? and are.ecnieol to the lower inner face of the front. 17 so as to hinge thesaw-tmy in place, so that when the cover 16 swings open the saw-trayswing to an upright position for removing tom, aback extending upwardlyfrom the bottom, a front extending upwardlyfrom thebottom; the frontbeing substantially half the height of the back; ends extend ng upwardlyfrom the bottom and connecting ,the back and the front; the frontthreequarters of the ends being the height of the front and the rearone-quarter of the ends being the height of the back; a rigid topextending forwardly from the back and connecting the u per rear quartersof the ends, a bead extending outwardly along the front edge of the topand downwardly along the front edges of the rear quarters of the endsand forwardly along the top edges of the forward three-quarters of. theends, and {flanges extending beyond the bead; all of sheet metal, themetal forming the flanges being turned inwardly and baekwardly beyondthe bead; and a wire in the bead.

2. In a portable metallic tool chest, a bottom, a back extendingupwardly from, the bottom, a front extending upwardly from the bottom;the front being substantially half the height of the back; endsextending upwardly from the bottom and connecting the back and thefront; the front threeuarters of the ends being the height of the rontand the rear one-quarter of the ends extending forwardly from the-backand con necting the upper rear quarters of the ends, a bead extendlngoutwardly along the front edge of the top and downwardly along thefrontedges of the rear quarters of the ends and forwardly along the top edgesof the forward three-quarters of theends, and flanges extending beyondthe bead; all of sheetmetal, the metal forming the'flanges bein turnedinwardly and backwardly beyond the bead; and a wire in the bead, and acover hinged to the upper edge of the front and overlapping the flangesand havingda wired edge fitting against the wired bea e 3. In'a portablemetallic tool chest, a bot tom, a back extending upwardly fromthebottom, a front extending upwardly from the bottom; the front beingsubstantially half the height of the back; ends extending upwardly fromthe bottom and connecting the back and the front; the front threequarters of the ends being the height of the being the height of theback; arigid top back; a rigid top extending forwardly from the back andconnecting the upper rear quarters of the ends, a bead extendingoutwardly along the front edge of the top and downwardly along the frontedges of the rear quarters of the ends and forwardly along the top edgesof the forward threequarters of the ends, and flanges extending beyondthe bead; all of sheet metal, the metal forming the flanges being turnedinwardly and backwardly beyond the bead; and a wire in the head, a shelfbelow the rigid top, a flange extending upwardly from the forward edgeof the shelf, said shelf and flange being shorter than the rigid top, aparting strip inserted between the short end of the shelf and the rigidtop, blocks inserted above the ends of the shelf to form level supports,a stop extending upwardly from one block and a button at the other endto hold the level in place.

4. In a portable metallic tool chest, a main upright body of sheetmetal, a horizontal shelf in the upper part of the upright body andshorter than the upright body, a flange extending upwardly from theforward edge of the shelf, blocks extending upwardly from the shelf forsupporting a level, a stop extending upwardly from one of 'the blocksfor holding the level in place, a parting strip secured in the uprightbody at the short end of the shelf to form space for a square, and abutton attached to the partingstrip for holding the othervend of thelevel in place.

5. In a portable metallic tool chest, a

'main upright body, the forward edge of the upright body beingsubstantially ,half as high as the rear edge, an upright cover hinged tothe .front of the upright bod at a point outside of and below the ed'ge,a saw tray hinged in the upright cover somewhat above the lower edge,and a stop to limit the outward swing of the upright cover; so that whenthe uprightcover is in its open position the saw tray may be swung to avertical position and restupon the upper forward edge of the uprightbody.

. I BROOKS A. RUSSELL.

' Witnesses:

C. J. l/VILLIAMs, E. J. GILLIAS.

